India’s largest producer and exporter of alumina and aluminium, National Aluminium Company Ltd. (NALCO), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, for the financial year 2011-12 in New Delhi The company expressed that it has been receiving very good rating from the Ministry, including the last fiscal.
Maharatna Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has laid highest thrust upon modernisation and expansion projects, including training of project personnel, in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with the Ministry of Steel for the year 2011-12. Secretary (Steel) P.K. Misra and SAIL Chairman C.S. Verma signed the annual MoU at Udyog Bhawan here yesterday.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has joined hands with the Swiss based Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction to encourage the use of sustainable construction practices in India. Under the agreement, IIT Bombay has become the Partner University of Holcim Foundation for the region of Asia Pacific.
Ashok Leyland, the flagship company of Hinduja Group recently expanded their operations in Punjab and Himachal Pradesh with the inauguration of four dealer outlets namely CM Automobiles (Mohali), TR Enterprises (Hoshiarpur), Grover Motors (Moga) and CM Associates (Kangra, Himachal Pradesh).
Bajaj Electricals Limited received the prestigious order for flood lighting of Wankhede Cricket Stadium in Mumbai. This was a major achievement for the Engineering & Projects Business Unit (E&P BU) of Bajaj Electricals Ltd (BEL) which handles such turnkey projects.
Despite the sharp increase in the cost of raw materials, steel manufacturers have limited the hike in prices to a meager Rs. 350-500 a tonne due to uncertainty in demand post budget. However most steel companies have increased their prices by about Rs. 2,000 a tonne in the last two months citing surge in iron ore and cooking coal prices.
The Electrical Projects Division (EPD) of BGR Systems Limited has been awarded turnkey contracts by Powergrid Corporation of India for installing optic fibre ground wire (OPGW) based communication backbone.
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), a premier institute working on climate change issues has acquired the state-of-the-art supercomputer from WIPRO to develop a better understanding of climate variability and climate change at different spatial and temporal scales.
Instead of submitting bulky documents every time for different highway projects, the highway developers can apply for pre-qualification as a single entity or as a consortium for one calendar year. As of now, for every project, NHAI invites requests for qualification, a process that takes three to four months.
Rhino Water Tanks, Western Australia’s largest manufacturers of water tanks entered into a joint venture with India’s TANCLEAN Pvt. Ltd. today at the Western Australian Trade Office, Mumbai to bring in the technologically advanced steel rainwater tanks to India.
